pubic vein

pubic vein

[TA] vein ascending the posterior aspect of the body of the pubis to drain into the inferior epigastric vein; this vein frequently (about 20% of patients) serves as an accessory or replaced obturator vein. Synonym(s): vena pubica [TA], pubic branch of inferior epigastric vein [TA] ☆ , ramus pubicus venae epigastricae inferioris [TA] ☆ , vena obturatoria accessoria ☆